Lawrence, Kansas: A Great Place to Live!



Lawrence is a progressive community of life-long learners. Our location, between Kansas City and Topeka, affords us metropolitan-area amenities despite our small-town atmosphere. The City of Lawrence offers a vibrant downtown, myriad cultural and recreational opportunities for families, first-rate city services and a storied history.

Don't take our word for it; read what others are saying about Lawrence:

  • Lawrence: the seventh-smartest city in the country - Forbes.com 
  • “One of the best places in the country to live” - Men’s Journal magazine
  • Among the “Top 100 Places to Live” - Relocate-America.com
  • Fourth among college towns to which people most want to move - Reader’s Digest
  • Among “50 Best Small Metro Areas” to start and grow a business - Inc. magazine
  • One of three “great places” for 21st century retirees seeking the perfect locale - Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine
  • And, there's more...
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A Community of Learners

Douglas County is home to three universities: The University of Kansas, a “Best Buy” in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges;” Haskell Indian Nations University, the only intertribal university recruiting American Indian and Alaska Native students from across the country; and Baker University, the first university in Kansas and one of the top private liberal arts universities in the region.